Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-01
Fl. WORTH IRON WORKS,
100000 to bs Invested in Lands,
Buildings and Machinery for q
Grand Manufacturing Enterprise.
The New Direction to Fort Worth Pluck
and Lib =ralt'y, and One that VIII be
Faithfully Followed.

! The accomplishments of Fort Worth in
! securing railroads have resulted in max
/ Ing the city a railroad center such as no
railroad hereafter entering the state can
/ ignore. Our people began at the be-
ginning and provided the city with dis
/ tfibuting facilities that gave it access to
all sections CT the state, to New Mexico,
! Arkansas, Louisiana, the Indian Territory
and Mexico. This foundation laid bread
and deep, the energy OF our people
is now directed to manufacturing enter
prises, and those who know what the.
Fort Worth style is may confidently cx-
| pect achievements surprising the attain
ments of the past, for the men who began
ten years ago to
CONVERT FORT WORTH INTO CITY
are much more thoroughly equipped to-
Gay for those performances which are
essential to the conversion Of resolve into
success.
Less than three years ago Meesrs.
Oscar Lynch, John F. Moore, Andrew
r IAN ard B. Morgan organized the
Fort Worth Machinery and Boiler Works
Company on q small CSpital. This plant,
by energy and hard work, has been made
the nucleus of an enterprise which is full
Of the promise Of marked financial
success and OF great benefit to the city.
THE GAzETTE has frequently, OF late,
alluded TO the efforts being made to or
ganize strong company to provide
means for placing "the f0undry"in q
condition and to provide it with facilities
for meeting the daily growing demands
upon it. With the exception Of q small
amount, the 81
REQUISITE STOCK HAS BEEN SUBSCRIBED, /
ana this balance will be made during the
present week. Knowing the anxiety of
It's City readers to learn the progress
made Ill this movement, THE GAZETTE
yesterday hunted up MIR. A ". Macarthur,
VINO mas Gently removed from Chicago
10 Fort Worth, tor the purpose Of con-
Meeting himself with
TIE FORT WORTH IRON WORKS.
Mr.. Macarthur Mas found 10 be not 0aIY (
al Intelligent gentleman, hut one willing /
to give up all he knew 'f0r the good OF /
the order'-that is, psrt of Whist he /!
knew. From Mr.. Macarthur THE GAZETTE /
derived some Information that Will inter /
est its people and also show, IA some |
measure, upon what the promoters of !
this enterprise base their expectations Of |
not only making il Of decided benefit to |
the local interests Of Fort Worth, but |
highly profitable TO themselves. The /
land has been purchased for these works, |
and the buildings to be erected will be of !
the following dimensions:
Foundry, I00x60 feet, with cepacity Of |
twenty-five tons 3 day.
Machine shops, 150x50 feet.
Blacksmith shop, 50X60 feet.
Boiler and stack shop, 50x40 feet.
Pattern shop, 5Ox50 feet.
Pattern loft, 20OX50 feet
The plans for these buildings are in the |
hands of the archit cts, and work on
the erection thereof must soon be COM
menced, as the company expect to begin
receiving the new machinery in thirty |
days, and to
BEGIN OPERATIONS IN THB NEW QUAR-
TERS
by the middle OF May next. The present
works will continue operations until the
new quarters are thoroughly prepared for
occupancy and work. TIE Fort
Worth Iron Works will in the
beginning pay especial: if not
uf4cture of artesian well drills, building
which there is large and constantly in
creasing demand. Mr.. Macarthur in
formed THE GAZETTE that if the works
were now prepared to execute them or
ders for building fronts to the amount of
$1,000 could be secured within 8 week.
There is an Increasing need of all the ar
ticles to be manufactured, due to the
growth Of Texas towns, the necessity for
artesian wells in the state, and the rapid
extension Of railroad lines. The present
works are now two or three months be-
hind with their orders, and the new
works will not begin day sooner than
there is an absolute demand for their Ca
pacity. The new works will begin
with about double the force now en-
plOyed. AS this addition must be i'm
ported the Fort Worth Iron Works will
contribute TO the population Of the city
about
SEVENTY-FIYE MEN AND THEIR FAMILIES,
and with the success that is reasonably
expected this number will probably be
doubled within q twelve-month from this
time. The possibilities OF the enterprise
cannot we'll be measured, for there IS a
growing demand for the products OF the
works, and pig iron is chesper here than
in Chicago or st. Louis. This fact will
enable the works to compete with north
ern foundries, eli the more favorably
when the the completion of the St. Louis,
Arkansas and Texas Road to this
city will enable the company to
lay iron down here from Rusk minus the
expense entalled by changing cars. u
-imatelY
THE MANUFACTURE OF CAR WHEELS
may be considered, and the completion Of {
me Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe and {
The Fort Worth and Denver Roads will
open up to the company cheaper coal.
For the present Fort Worth may con- (
gratulate itself upon the Inauguration
IF series OF enterprises that
will swell its population, i'm
prove its retail trade, draw
money from abroad and render the city !
ess dependent upon its wholesale trade,
which, though magnificent in volume and
/ monument to the enterprise Of our {
merchants, cannot, uuaided, achieve for
Fort Worth that pre- eminence to which |
! is destined by pluck, energy and unity.
BuckIsn's Arnica SaIve.